Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 3:1-2

"What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God." — Romans 3:1-2 (ASV)

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

It was a great thing to be a Jew in those old times. When all the rest of the world was in the dark, the Jews had the light: Unto them were committed the oracles of God.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

The Jews of old had a great advantage, for they had the truth when other men did not. The voice of God spoke to them clearly, when only here and there, to a few other chosen ones, was the voice of God delivered at all.

What advantage then has the Jew? Or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way; chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God.

If it is so that, after all, no outward rite or birth privileges can bestow grace, what advantage did the Jews possess? "Why!" says Paul, "they had this very great privilege, that to them were committed the oracles of God." It is no small blessing to have a revelation from Jehovah, and to have the means of knowing what that revelation really is.